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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 1
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol 1
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
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- Introduction
- Story Of King Shahryar and His Brother
- a. Tale of the Bull and the Ass
- 1. Tale of the Trader and the Jinni
- a. The First Shaykh's Story
- b. The Second Shaykh's Story
- c. The Third Shaykh's Story
- 2. The Fisherman and the Jinni
- a. Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban
- ab. Story of King Sindibad and His Falcon
- ac. Tale of the Husband and the Parrot
- ad. Tale of the Prince and the Ogress
- b. Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince
- a. Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban
- 3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad
- a. The First Kalandar's Tale
- b. The Second Kalandar's Tale
- ba. Tale of the Envier and the Envied
- c. The Third Kalandar's Tale
- d. The Eldest Lady's Tale
- e. Tale of the Portress
- Conclusion of the Story of the Porter and the Three Ladies
- 4. Tale of the Three Apples
- 5. Tale of Nur Al-din Ali and his Son
- 6. The Hunchback's Tale
- a. The Nazarene Broker's Story
- b. The Reeve's Tale
- c. Tale of the Jewish Doctor
- d. Tale of the Tailor
- e. The Barber's Tale of Himself
- ea. The Barber's Tale of his First Brother
- eb. The Barber's Tale of his Second Brother
- ec. The Barber's Tale of his Third Brother
- ed. The Barber's Tale of his Fourth Brother
- ee. The Barber's Tale of his Fifth Brother
- ef. The Barber's Tale of his Sixth Brother
- The End of the Tailor's Tale
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I saw in websites but I did not found this book and Thanks for selling this book for free
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This should reference Sir Richard Francis Burton, who it was that brought these stories back from Asia and gave us their English translation.
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most lovely and interesting novells
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